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- From: gpb@gpb-mac (greg berryman )
- Subject: Re: A mailx query
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.182238.29807@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:22:38 GMT
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- weinhous@castor.hahnemann.edu (Martin S. Weinhous Ph.D.) writes:
- : I am running a reasonably "stock" A/UX 3.0 (under ksh) and would like
- : to use some mail convenience features that I have been unable to
- : locate under A/UX.
- :
- : (0) Is mailx the "best" supplied interface to sendmail? If not, what
- : might do better?
-
- Yes.... but get elm. It is a vast improvement. While you are at it, trash
- sendmail and run smail instead. It is also a much better program.
-
- :
- : (1) Under mailx, can one implement the automatic use of .signature
- : and .rsignature? If so, how? (I'm able to use the ~a and ~A
- : mechanism, but would like the added convenience of the auto-
- : matic . files.)
-
- No, use elm.
-
- : (2) Under mailx, can one change the first-character-of-each-interpolated-
- : line to something other than [tab] (when using ~m in input mode)?
- : If so, how?
-
- I don't think so.
-
- :
- : (3) Under mailx, can one pass a "-v" to sendmail so that you can see
- : your messages' outgoing progress? If so, how? (I have tried to get
- : this to work by editing /usr/lib/mailx/mail.rc to read
-
- I never got it to work either.
-
- Greg.
-
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